• Home
  • News
  • Finland combats vandalism through SMS

Finland combats vandalism through SMS

Posted: , by PhoneArena Team

Share:

Discuss 9
Finland combats vandalism through SMS
Finland combats vandalism through SMS
Due to random acts of violence at rest areas along Highway 1 in western Finland, the Finnish Road Administration developed a system, which allows travelers to open automatically the doors of the restrooms by sending a text messages. On the doors of the toilets there are instructions “advising prospective users”; they have to send a text message “OPEN” to the number provided on the door and a buzzer then unlocks it.

source: Helsingin Sanomat via Textually

Share:

Discuss9

9 Comments

1. Marco (unregistered) posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:41

Toilets!

2. Adam (unregistered) posted on 06 Feb 2008, 13:24

Vandals don't have cell phones in Finland?

3. (unregistered) posted on 06 Feb 2008, 15:49

it would keep track of who was in there at what time... and people can be identified from their fone number

4. Joker (unregistered) posted on 06 Feb 2008, 19:55

so would that use up your minutes? Better get everything done in one trip.

5. panda (unregistered) posted on 06 Feb 2008, 19:56

what if some old lady gets locked in there without a cell phone.

6. Joker (unregistered) posted on 06 Feb 2008, 20:00

depends

7. panda (unregistered) posted on 06 Feb 2008, 20:11

well the old lady would not need the toilet if she had those. my question does it allert the police if you dont text out? our how does it know when the vadel did it? yeah they know my bowel movments but are they gonna stock me to find out if i wrote dirty words on the wall

8. 666 (unregistered) posted on 07 Feb 2008, 05:46

The SMS lock is part of a larger pack of measures. Did they forget to mention the hidden camera inside the toilet?

9. kumar posted on 17 Mar 2009, 10:34

sms can tell so many things.In Finland sms is helpful for everyone. finland

Want to comment? Please login or register.

All content (phone reviews, news, specs, info), design and layouts are Copyright 2001-2012 phoneArena.com. All rights reserved.
Reproduction in whole or in part or in any form or medium without written permission is prohibited!
Privacy | Terms of use